Fernandes, Carla Maria da Silva (2003) The role of mass media socialisation in juvenile delinquency, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2465>

en

dc.identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2465

dc.description.abstract

When It comes to the basic perspectives on personal and social reality, it is
commonly assumed that these perspectives are learned within the parent-child
relafionship. As a result, the family has been typically accorded a place of primary
importance the explanation of socialisation. But another influence has been lurking
in the background- the mass media .
Media influence upon ~hildren has generally been assumed to be significant, with
powerful, long lasting consequences. However, traditional explanatory attempts
have predominantly dealt with the effects of media violence on juvenile
behaviour. The result has been a relative neglect of empirical analysis of media
socialisation as it relates to detinquent behaviour. a matter that the present study
attempted to rectify. The present study proposes that the media's commitment to
conformity varies in degree of congruence with societal expectations and this
variation is directly "transmitted to the child influencing the child's behaviour.